H.R. 4866 (107th)

Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments of 2002

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Introduced

5 June 2002

Last action

16 July 2002 · Floor

Status

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 246 - 177 (Roll no. 303). (text: CR H4698-4701)

Summary

Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments of 2002 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), and the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, to make various technical revisions that incorporate the results of the Fed Up Initiative to remove unnecessary regulatory barriers to access to student aid programs. Revises the definition of institution of higher education (IHE) to include one that admits as regular students those who have been home-schooled (as well as high school graduates or those with equivalency certificates), thus providing that such home-schooled students are eligible for HEA student aid. Makes students attending nonprofit foreign veterinary schools eligible for the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) student loan program if the school does not meet certain requirements, but only if: (1) it was certified as eligible by the Secretary of Education; and (2) students complete their clinical training at an approved veterinary school in the United States. Allows IHEs to make mandatory reports on teacher preparation program quality by electronic means. Eliminates a requirement that new forbearance agreements between lenders and borrowers be in writing; but requires lenders to notify borrowers of their terms. Allows financial aid professionals to use professional judgment in reevaluating the student financial need of a ward of the court. Requires students withdrawing from an IHE to return only HEA title IV grant aid amounts exceeding 50 percent of the total (if more than $50). Permits Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) to apply for Federal HSI grants without waiting two years between applications. Authorizes the use of HEA title VII funds for: (1) Federal scholarship aid to low-income and minority students for summer institutes to prepare for law school; and (2) Thurgood Marshall Fellowships to attend law school. Provides that an IHE is in compliance with requirements to provide students with certain information, including voter registration material, if it does so through an e-mail message or an Internet address. Extends through September 30, 2003, HEA exemptions, for IHEs having low student loan default rates, from requirements that the disbursement of loan proceeds be: (1) in multiple installments; and (2) delayed for 30 days after classes start for first-time undergraudate borrowers.

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Timeline

5 June 2002
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Source: IntroReferral
5 June 2002
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
5 June 2002
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
6 June 2002
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E972-973)
Source: IntroReferral
16 July 2002
Vote
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 246 - 177 (Roll no. 303). (text: CR H4698-4701)
Source: Floor
16 July 2002
Vote
Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 246 - 177 (Roll no. 303).(text: CR H4698-4701)
Source: Floor
16 July 2002
Vote
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Source: Floor
16 July 2002
Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4866.
Source: Floor
16 July 2002
Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4698-4707, H4719)
Source: Floor
16 July 2002
Floor
Mr. Boehner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Source: Floor

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